(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis is recovering well from a hernia operation and routine post-surgery examinations showed good results, Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni announced on Thursday. The head of the Catholic Church underwent three hours of open abdominal surgery under general anesthetic at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Wednesday. The operation was necessary to repair […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Coal City Football League has officially unveiled foremost Nigeria’s betting company, Bet9ja Foundation as the official title sponsor of the 2023 season 4 (Boolu Ogbe), meaning neighborhood soccer competition in the state. The local football league which commenced in 2020, has been an annual event which the organizers says is aimed at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Zimbabwe Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko’s son, Siqokoqela who was last month jailed for an effective 20 years for raping his niece on three occasions and threatening her with death, has been released on $200 000 bail pending appeal against conviction and sentence. Siqokoqela was in May sentenced to 20 years in jail […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has tasked Nigerians to consider electing a female president to accelerate the growth and development of the country. Obasanjo made this statement in the 5th edition of the Egba Dialect Debate and Choral Competition for Secondary Schools in Ogun state. The former Nigerian leader emphasised the need […]
—Says Price Of Fuel Will Still Come Down (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja assured traditional rulers in the country that his administration would run an open-door policy, stressing that his administration was ready to listen to the yearnings of Nigerians toward transforming the country’s rich potentials to reality. Speaking at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that an Ekiti-based chef, Damilola Adeparusi, has started a 120 hours cook-a-thon to break the Guinness Records has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Damilola started the 120-hour cooking marathon in Oye Local Government Area in Ekiti State. Also, a few weeks back, chef, Hilda Baci, achieved […]
(AFRICAN-EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee of Public Account has reportedly blocked a dubious plot by both the Head of Service of the Federation and Public Service Commission to fraudulently appoint the new Auditor General of the Federation. The two offices were discovered to have connived to circumvent the Civil Service Rules to appoint […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that the G5 otherwise known as the Integrity Group visited the President Bola Tinubu to brief him of the latest happenings and the group’s stance for fairness, equity and justice in the country. Makinde, who was flanked by the four other members of the […]
Burna Boy, Tems Nominated For Multiple BET Awards (Full List) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Grammy award winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy has received four nominations in the 2023 edition of the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards. The last singer will spar against other international acts including Chris Brown, Drake, The Weeknd and Usher in the Best […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, told the Presidential Election Petitions Court that they could not upload the February 25 presidential election results on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV) even though they were able to upload the Senatorial and House of Representatives results on the portal. They […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has sought for constructive partnership with the 24 Members-elect of the State House of Assembly with a view to accelerating development and rendering utmost service to the citizens of the state. Mbah who spoke Thursday while declaring open a two-day pre-inauguration workshop for the 8th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the Presidential Villa passed a Constitutional Amendment Bill on uniformity of retirement age of judicial officers. A statement signed by Director, Information, State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye said in exercising the powers vested in him under the 1999 Constitution as amended, President Tinubu signed into law the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state governor, Peter Mbah on Thursday met with President Bola Tinubu behind closed d{RS during which he requested for the release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nazi Nnamdi Kanu Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting Mbah said that the release of the IPOB will be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that Nigeria has no subsidy. The President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known on Wednesday when he spoke at the Alex Ekweme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo in Ebonyi State. Osodeke was perplexed that Nigeria would be exporting crude oil for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Zainab Balogun, has opened up concerning her fight with endometriosis and the role it played in her marriage. In an intimate conversation with media personality Chude Jideonwo, the actress spoke about her experiences with the medical disorder that disturbed her for over two decades. Balogun talked about the challenges she […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The speaker of the Lagos house of assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has stated that the lawmakers will make laws in the areas of property and economy to protect indigenes of the state. The African Examiner recalls that on Tuesday, Obasa was unanimously re-elected as speaker after the proclamation of the state’s 10th assembly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the spiritual director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has come under criticism on social media following his alleged comments concerning the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi. The African Examiner writes that Fr. Mbaka, in a video that has since gone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom governor, Umo Bassey Eno on Thursday said that the state government would put in place palliatives for the people of the state to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Eno disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the Department of State Service (DSS) to allow his client to seek independent medical care. He made the plea in a tweet on his handle, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s executives in Ebonyi and Ekiti states. This was contained in a terse statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba. “After extensive deliberations and consultations, the National Working Committee (NWC) hereby approves the dissolution […]
